guideway

American  

[gahyd-wey] / ˈgaɪdˌweɪ /

noun

1. a structure, usually made of concrete, that is used to support and guide trains or individual vehicles that ride over it.

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Etymology

Origin of guideway

1875–80, for an earlier sense; guide + way ¹

Example Sentences

The guideway for the people mover is largely constructed, but crews are still working on the six station stops.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2022

A few trains passed until a rescue train stopped and riders clambered across the guideway, she said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2021

Even the people who fix the subway create new nonconformities — power-wash cleaners who blast the decals off guideway strips for the visually impaired, work crews who cut holes in ceilings and leave them unfilled.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2020

In 2012, the university approved an initiative that will modernize many of the system’s internal components, repair the guideway, and eventually phase out Boeing’s original cars.

From The Verge • Feb. 24, 2016

When the gear-wheel r revolves, the connecting rod causes slide a to traverse to and fro endways in a guideway, provided on the top of the frame at x.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua